Chapter 264
Chapter 264: Sister Tea, I Love You, I Want to Hug You and Lick You
Jiang Tea Tea heard Chong Ming speaking, and the teeth she had sunk into his neck paused. She was about to loosen her bite and turn around to deny it. She was not his partner.
Chong Ming predicted her movement. The hand on the back of her neck pressed down hard, not letting her turn her head: “Be good, just drink. You do not need to look at anyone.”
Jiang Tea Tea: “…”
She suddenly got a scare. That was close. If she had turned her head to look at his holo projection screen, it would have exposed that she was pregnant with his youngling. Her face would be exposed too, and then anyone who wanted to kill Chong Ming would come after her.
Even though normal people could not kill her, it would still be trouble. Better to avoid extra problems. Forget it. Let him say whatever he wanted. She was not really his partner. She would pretend she never heard him, drink the dragon blood properly, and increase her spiritual power. She wanted to fight one amazing battle in front of Zhong Li He and Kong Que, become famous in one go, and make a name for herself in his Western Kingdom.
On the holo projection screen, the Sky Vault Star emperor, His Majesty Cong Yan, replied in a joking tone: “Your Highness Chong Ming, you really hide your Prince of the Blood consort well. Why have I never heard you mention her before? How long have you known each other? How long have you been registered as married?”
One second earlier, Chong Ming had been absolutely doting and coaxing to Jiang Tea Tea. The next second, facing Cong Yan, his tone turned official, cold, and dignified: “My big darling is carrying my little darling. How could I show her off to others so casually?”
With a polite smile, Cong Yan said: “Your Highness, you are right. I wonder, when I go to the Zhenlin Empire for a visit and study tour, will I have the honor of meeting Your Highness’s Prince of the Blood consort?”
Chong Ming answered cleanly: “No. She needs to rest and protect the pregnancy and should not see anyone.”
Cong Yan froze for a moment. He had not expected such a blunt refusal with no face given. His expression did not change, and he said: “Not being able to see Your Highness’s Prince of the Blood consort is a pity, a big regret.”
Chong Ming replied to him: “It is not a pity. You are not coming to see my Prince of the Blood consort, but to visit and learn. If you learn well and help your own planet grow prosperous, that is much more meaningful than seeing my Prince of the Blood consort.”
Cong Yan nodded in agreement: “Your Highness, you are right. It is just that after suddenly hearing that you have a partner and a youngling, I wanted to take this visit as a chance to meet your partner and youngling and offer a small gift to show my respect.”
Chong Ming answered without a single gap: “In that case, you can give it to me. Passing it on through me is the same.”
Cong Yan quickly agreed: “Alright, alright, alright. We will meet in one month.”
Chong Ming responded and offered his blessing: “See you in one month. I wish you a happy life. Goodbye.”
Cong Yan replied: “Goodbye.”
The call disconnected.
Cong Yan looked at his eldest daughter, Cong Bei, who was standing to the side: “Did you see that? When you had just reached adulthood, I told you I could take you to the Zhenlin Empire to meet Chong Ming. You refused and said you wanted to become even more outstanding so you would feel more confident when you met him.”
He went on: “Now look at things. He already has a partner and a youngling. He will not change the marriage law for anyone. He has no interest in one male and two females, or two females and one male. He only likes a one male, one female system.”
Wearing a combat suit, Cong Bei bit her lip stubbornly: “No matter if he has a partner or a youngling or not, I am still going with Royal Father to the Zhenlin Empire.”
The way Chong Ming was so gentle and doting toward the female in his arms, the one biting his neck and drinking his dragon blood, made her burn with jealousy.
Cong Yan frowned: “You are not thinking of…”
Cong Bei softly cut him off: “I do not believe he really has a partner and a youngling. I want to see it with my own eyes.”
Cong Yan reminded her in a deep voice: “You are the princess of Sky Vault Star!”
Cong Bei jolted: “I know!”
Afraid she did not really understand her status, Cong Yan eased his tone and reminded her again and again: “It is good that you know you are the princess of Sky Vault Star. Because your grandfather had so many lovers and so many illegitimate sons, he shifted the planet’s wealth to other planets in the Nation. Our reputation is already bad.”
He continued: “Everywhere in the Nation, common citizens keep shouting to abolish the royal household, to punish the royal household harshly, to reform the royal household. I hope you will not be like your grandfather and do anything that harms the royal household’s reputation and makes Sky Vault Star lose face.”
Cong Bei’s eyes turned slightly red: “Yes, Royal Father.”
Cong Yan waved a hand at her: “Go and get ready. In half a month, I will take you to the Zhenlin Empire for a visit and study tour.”
Cong Bei bowed to him: “Yes, Royal Father.”
Cong Yan watched her leave his office and let out a long sigh. She had liked Chong Ming since she was little, saw him as an idol, learned from him, and ranked at the top in everything she did. When she entered the army, she relied on her own ability to achieve outstanding results.
She just had not wanted Chong Ming to look down on her when he saw her, to treat her like a vase. She never thought that a few months ago, Chong Ming would announce that he had a partner and a youngling.
She panicked and became anxious, and came to beg him for a long time, wanting him to take her along on a state visit to the Zhenlin Empire so she could openly meet Chong Ming and confess her love and admiration.
Chong Ming relaxed his body and leaned back in the chair. One hand was locked around Jiang Tea Tea’s waist, and the other rested on the back of her neck, sometimes gently stroking, sometimes lightly squeezing, sometimes just pressing his palm there.
He knew that what he wanted was far more than this. He wanted more. His desire for her, his wish to have her heart, was stronger than anything else he wanted.
This time, Jiang Tea Tea did not stop drinking dragon blood when she had almost had enough like before. She drank until she felt stuffed, then finally stopped and stared at his neck. Except for the patch where she had bitten, the rest of his neck was covered with scales.
Jiang Tea Tea said: “That Chong guy, I have a question I want to ask you. I do not know if I should ask.”
She was straddling his legs. He leaned back in the chair, so she sat higher than he did. She lowered her eyes to look at him, while he had to tilt his head back to look at her.
Chong Ming raised his eyebrows slightly: “Ask.”
Jiang Tea Tea lifted her hand to his neck. The pad of her finger slid over the dragon scale on his Adam’s apple: “Are you sick or something? Why do your scales keep popping out?”
Her hand brushing over the scale on his Adam’s apple was no different than touching his dragon horns. Luckily, his willpower was strong and he could control himself.
Chong Ming grabbed her hand and forcefully brought it to his lips. He opened his mouth and bit down on her fingertip, his eyes staring straight at her.
Jiang Tea Tea’s fingertip twitched, and she instinctively tried to pull her hand back and jump down from his legs. But just as countless times before, he was already prepared. He gripped her waist, held her hand tight, and pinned her on his lap so she could not get down.
“You…”
Using her fingertip to grind against his teeth, Chong Ming did not have the heart to really bite. He let go of her hand and answered: “I am not sick. It is you stirring up my mating heat cycle again. When I see you, my scales just cannot help coming out.”
Jiang Tea Tea gave two dry laughs and said with disdain: “What am I, a walking aphrodisiac? Your mating heat cycle starts up every time you see me?”
Chong Ming nodded very sincerely: “To me, you really are a walking aphrodisiac. When I see you, I cannot help…”
“Damn!” Jiang Tea Tea cursed and cut him off: “I am done drinking your blood. Hurry up and let me go.”
Chong Ming asked hoarsely: “You can feel it?”
Jiang Tea Tea scolded him: “You are shameless.”
Chong Ming said very honestly: “When it comes to the person I am chasing, the mother of my youngling, my future partner, why would I need face?”
Straddling his legs felt like sitting on pins and needles. Jiang Tea Tea felt that as a dignified Great Demon Stage being, she had lost all her pride, inside and out.
She could not beat him in a fight, could not outcurse him, could not outtalk him, and could not match his thick skin. As a Great Demon Stage tree demon, she had never felt so wronged.
Seeing her puffed-up, angry face, Chong Ming said: “If I still cared about face and acted like Lieutenant General Kong Que, that would be so suffocating.”
Gossip is something every species is born wanting to hear.
As a demon tree, she was no exception!
That sly old loach Chong Ming successfully hooked Jiang Tea Tea’s gossip-loving heart. She snapped: “What does this have to do with Lieutenant General Kong Que? What is he so suffocated about?”
Right now he could not really do anything to her, but as long as she could stay close to him, and he could hold her and touch her, it eased his longing for her a little.
Chong Ming did not answer her directly and kept teasing her: “What do you think?”
Jiang Tea Tea snapped impatiently: “How would I know? Stop hiding secrets and spit it out already.”
Chong Ming’s lips curved in a small smile: “If I tell you such a secret about Lieutenant General Kong Que, what benefit will you give me?”
Jiang Tea Tea waved her other hand: “Do you want the benefit of a slap across the face?”
Chong Ming could not help laughing: “I do not want that.”
Jiang Tea Tea struggled: “If you do not want a slap, then let me get up.”
Not only did Chong Ming not put her down, he held her waist and pulled her even closer: “I do not want to let go. I want to hug you.”
Jiang Tea Tea raised her hand toward his face: “That Chong guy, do you really think I do not dare hit you?”
Chong Ming did not even move his face: “Go ahead, hit me. When I looked up dating guides, a lot of males said they had been hit by the female they were chasing.”
He added: “They even say being hit by the female you are pursuing is not really called hitting, it is called flirting. I find that pretty interesting.”
Jiang Tea Tea’s hand dropped and stopped only one centimeter from his face, then slid to his forehead: “You really are sick!”
His forehead was very hot, like he was burning up.
Chong Ming made a soft sound: “Yes, I get sick whenever I see you.”
Jiang Tea Tea clicked her tongue: “You are getting greasy, Your Highness.”
Chong Ming laughed out loud: “Oh, you do not like that. I will change to another way.”
He rarely laughed out loud, and even more rarely laughed so openly.
With that laugh, his usually cold face came alive and, for some reason, looked very handsome.
[Tch, handsome my foot.]
She was a Great Demon Stage tree demon. She had seen all kinds of male demons. His looks did not even rank.
The only special thing about him was that there were no dragons in their demon clan.
Jiang Tea Tea pressed her hand over his face: “Laugh, laugh, laugh, what are you laughing at? Hurry up and put me down. I need to go calm Zhong Li He and Kong Que’s supernatural abilities and sort out their spiritual seas. If you have people who need it, you can call them over too.”
Letting her hand cover his face, Chong Ming slid the hand on her waist down to support her hips and lifted her up like a child.
Jiang Tea Tea’s face changed in shock: “That Chong guy…”
Chong Ming set her down sitting on his desk: “I am right here.”
Jiang Tea Tea was so angry she could not speak: “You…”
Chong Ming tapped his light-brain wrist terminal: “I will call Zhong Li He and Lieutenant General Kong Que over so you do not have to run to their hotel.”
Jiang Tea Tea really wanted to split his desk in half and sweep all the official documents on it to the floor.
But that kind of behavior was too childish and did not fit her Great Demon Stage style. She simply put her hands on his desk and flipped herself from one side of the desk to the other.
Chong Ming nodded in praise: “Schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea, your hands and feet are not bad. Very agile.”
Jiang Tea Tea shot him a look of disdain: “Agile your head. Make your calls. I will wait for you outside. Tch.”
Chong Ming did not care about her disdain. He coaxed her even as she glared fiercely: “Sui Xuan Chu and the other six are also at the Imperial Military Headquarters as patrol soldiers. Take the seven of them to the training ground at Imperial Military Headquarters.”
He added: “Oh, right. As long as it does not affect your body, how many people can you adjust and calm at once?”
Jiang Tea Tea answered casually: “A hundred or so.”
After drinking the dragon blood, her spiritual power had not gone up, but she was full of energy.
It was no problem at all to smooth the spiritual power and calm the spiritual sea of a hundred or so people.
Chong Ming’s smile faded: “A hundred or so is not pushing it?”
Jiang Tea Tea spread her hands: “It is not.”
Chong Ming nodded: “I understand.”
Jiang Tea Tea suddenly remembered something: “Wait.”
Chong Ming looked at her: “Go ahead.”
Jiang Tea Tea said: “I am not doing it for free. I want to be paid.”
Chong Ming was amused: “Alright. How much do you want?”
Jiang Tea Tea tilted her head and thought for a moment: “Ten or twenty thousand, thirty or fifty thousand star credits per person. You have to pay me that.”
Chong Ming nodded: “Alright, no problem.”
Jiang Tea Tea snorted and turned to leave his office.
As the door closed, Chong Ming sent a message to Kong Que: “Lieutenant General Kong Que, bring your chief executive commander lord to Imperial Military Headquarters. Healer Jiang Tea Tea will calm your spiritual power and sort out your spiritual seas.”
He sent another message: “Healer Jiang Tea Tea charges three hundred million. You can transfer the money to me. Thank you for your cooperation.”
Kong Que replied: “Why do I remember that I already paid, Commander in Chief Chong Ming?”
Chong Ming asked back: “You already paid? If you paid before, that was called a deposit. This is called the healing fee. You are not out of money, are you, Lieutenant General Kong?”
Kong Que said: “Of course not. I have money.”
Chong Ming said: “Good. As long as you have money. I have opened Imperial Military Headquarters access for you. You two can come straight over.”
Kong Que said: “Okay, we will arrive within forty five minutes.”
Chong Ming reminded him: “Remember to transfer the money.”
Kong Que replied: “Thanks for the reminder. I will not forget!”
After ending the message conversation, Chong Ming thought for a moment, then notified Deputy Officer Ai to select seventy males and females from various relevant departments on the capital planet, the army, and Imperial Military Headquarters itself, and have them come to Imperial Military Headquarters.
The people who were called over by name had no idea what was going on. They were all arranged in the closed training ground at Imperial Military Headquarters and started thinking back on whether they had done anything wrong, and whether their families had done anything wrong.
At the entrance of the office building at Imperial Military Headquarters, Jiang Tea Tea waited for Sui Xuan Chu and the other six. The seven of them were wearing the standard combat training uniform of Imperial Military Headquarters and military caps. After several days of training, they looked very proper.
They say environment changes a person (except for Jiang the Great Demon Stage), and it was completely true. In such a strict, serious place like Imperial Military Headquarters, even they had become serious.
Huang Da Zhuang, as Jiang Tea Tea’s most outstanding flunky, was the first to rush in front of her and ask: “Sister Tea, why did you call us over?”
Jiang Tea Tea answered: “To calm Chief Executive Commander Zhong Li He and Lieutenant General Kong Que’s spiritual power and sort out their spiritual seas, and I will help you all sort yours out too while I am at it.”
Huang Da Zhuang’s eyes lit up. The big yellow fluffy dog tail behind him wagged like a propeller. He spread his arms toward Jiang Tea Tea and said: “Sister Tea, you are my real big sister, you are my idol, you are my goddess. I love you. Can I hug you and give you a lick?”